COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO FAST
TRACK A BILL ON MONSTER HOMES.
IF IT PASSES THIS WILL TAKE
EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.
Kelly: THERE'S CONCERN OVER
FOOD SAFETY AGAIN FOLLOWING A
CASE OF HEPATITIS A FOUND AT A
CHINESE RESTAURANT.
THE WORKER WORKED THERE DECEMBER 1 THROUGH JANUARY 6TH.
HEALTHS OFFICIALS WANT TO LET
PEOPLE KNOW IN CASE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HEPATITIS A
AGAIN.
IT WAS BIG NEWS A FEW MONTHS
AGO.
MAYBE A YEAR AGO.
AND GENKI WENT THROUGH THEIR
SCARE.
BENJAMIN RONEY, FAMILY PHYSICIAN
FROM CASTLE HEALTH CLINIC IS
HERE TO BREAK DOWN EVERYTHING
YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HEPATITIS
GOOD MORNING.
Kelly: THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, WHAT
IS HEPATITIS A.
IT'S A VIRUS THAT INEFFECTS
YOUR LIVE.
YOUR LIVER.
PEOPLE WHO ARE OLDER, PEOPLE WHO
HAVE LIVER DAMAGE AND PROBLEMS
ARE DYING.
Kelly: HOW IS IT DIFFERENT
FROM OTHER HELP HEPATITIS?
THEY'RE TRANSMITTED DIFFERENT
WAYS MSDZ.
C IS BLOOD BORNE.
YOU EAT SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE
ELSE WHO HAVEN'T WASHED THEIR
HANDS YOU TOUCH.
UNCOOKED FOODS AND UNCLEAN WATER
CONDITIONS.
Kelly: THAT'S HOW IT'S
TRANSFERRED.
WHERE DOES THIS ORIGINATE FROM?
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU
HAVE IN ALL COUNTRYIES AROUND THE
WORLD.
WE'VE BEEN DOING VACCINATIONS.
OUR RATES ARE VERY LOW.
YOU HAVE LOTS OF FOOD COMING
FROM OVERSEAS.
TOURISTS WHO VISIT HAWAI'I.
THEY HAVE MUCH HIGHER RISK.
AND YOU DON'T ALWAYS KNOW YOU
HAVE IT.
YOU HAVE ABOUT TWO WEEKS
AFGHANISTAN YOU'RE INFECTED
WHAT WOULD THOSE SYMPTOMS BE?
NOSH NAUSEA, ABDOMINAL PAIN.
GENERAL FEVER AND FATIGUE.
Kelly: AND IS THAT
SOMETHING YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO
TO THE DOCTOR FOR THEM TO TEST
YOU?
ABSOLUTELY.
YOU CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENT
FORMS OF HEPATITIS APART FROM
OTHER LIVER DISEASES.
Kelly: AND PREVENTION.
HOW WOULD WE PREVENT GETTING IT?
VACCINES.
VACCINATION IS VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU'VE SEEN OUR RATE RATES IN HAWAI'I
DROP 3-78G9 IMPORTANT THING IS
HAND WASHING.
PROBABLY COOKING FOOD AND MAKING
SURE THAT YOU DON'T EAT ANYTHING
SO FOR THE VACCINATION, EVEN
AFTER -- FIRST LET'S TALK, WHERE
CAN YOU GET A VACCINATION?
IF YOU WANT TO, WE HAVE
YOU CAN CALL US OR LOOK AT OUR
WEBSITE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT LITTLE KIDS
GET WHEN THEY'RE A YEAR-OLD.
STARTING EARLIER, 2006, --
HEPATITIS OB A NUMBER OF
DISEASES.
Kelly: EVERYBODY SHOULD BE
VACCINATED.
IT WILL BE AT RESTAURANTS THAT
YOU REGULARLY GO TO IF THE
WORKER HAS IT THE.
IT CAN BE EASILY TRANSMITTINGED.